Press Inquiries
March 2010

March 5 | Bloomberg & BusinessWeek | Kushner Debt on 666 Fifth Sent to Special Servicer | by David M. Levitt

March 5 | CNBC | Sweet REIT Rewards | by Diana Olick

March 4 | NPR Talk of the Nation | Small Businesses Adapting To New Economy | Interview with Neal Conan

March 4 | Retail Traffic Magazine | General Growth Gets Extension as Team of Suitors Continues to Grow | by Elaine Misonzhnik




February 2010

February 26 | Financial Times | East Side Story: Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village | by Alan Rappeport and Henry Sender

February 24 | Financial Times | General Growth to Split into Two Companies | by Alan Rappeport

February 24 | GlobeSt | Defaults Reach 16-Year High | by Paul Bubny

February 24 | Portfolio | Crisis at the Mall | by Katie Kuehner-Hebert

February 24 | REIT.com | Commercial Mortgage Defaults Continue to Climb | by Allen Kenney

February 23 | Bloomberg & BusinessWeek | Commercial Mortgage Default Rate More Than Doubles | by Dan Levy & David Henry

February 22 | CNBC | Commercial Real Estate Getting Better and Worse | by Diana Olick

February 18 | National Real Estate Investor | Expect Tight Credit Conditions To Persist As Commercial Mortgage Defaults Rise | by Matt Valley

February 16 | Marketplace | Simon Property Shops for a Big Deal | Interview with Brett Neely

February 11 | CNBC | Congressional Panel "Deeply Concerned" Over Commercial Real Estate | by Diana Olick

February 9 | Multi Housing News | Real Capital Analytics Acquires Real Estate Econometrics | by Dees Stribling

February 8 | Globe and Mail (Canada) | Soured New York City Deal Portends Property Storm | by Joanna Slater

February 5 | National Real Estate Investor Magazine | Jobless Rate Drops But Losses Still Hurt Commercial Real Estate | by Denise Kalette

February 5 | Multi Housing News | RCA Acquires Dr. Sam Chandan’s Real Estate Econometrics | by Anuradha Kher

February 2 | National Real Estate Investor Magazine | Real Capital Analytics Acquires Real Estate Econometrics | by Denise Kalette

February 2 | GlobeSt | Real Capital Brings Chandan into the Fold | by Paul Bubny

February 2 | CRE News | Noted Economist Sam Chandan Joins Real Capital Analytics | by John Covaleski




January 2010

January 25 | Marketplace | A Shakeout in Commercial Real Estate | Interview with Alisa Roth

January 25 | National Public Radio | Comments on Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town

January 20 | USA Today | Banking System Stronger, But Far From Recovered | By Paul Wiseman

January 13 | Bloomberg | Real Estate Bull Laub Sees Unprecedented Workout From Bad Debt | by Beth Williams and Stuart Bern

January 12 | MBA NewsLink | Commercial Real Estate Delinquency Volume Last Year Tops $94 Billion | by Michael Murray

January 11 | Globe and Mail (Canada) | Commercial Real Estate ‘Key U.S. Trouble Spot'

January 11 | Bloomberg | Bank Profits Means Stocks at 15% Discount to S&P 500 | by Lynn Thomasson

January 8 | National Real Estate Investor Magazine | Was the December Jobs Report A Big Setback? | by Sibley Fleming

January 6 | BusinessWeek | Commercial Property Is Biggest Risk, U.S. Bank Examiners Find | by Craig Torres

January 5 | The Real Deal | Debt-Forgiven Commercial Developers May Face Tax Landmines | by Jennifer LeClaire

January 4 | CNBC | Is There Another Shoe to Drop in 2010? | by Maria Bartiromo

January 4 | Bloomberg & BusinessWeek | Construction Spending in U.S. Fell 0.6% in November | by Courtney Schlisserman




December 2009

December 30 | USA Today | Apartment Renters Win as Vacancy Rate Climbs | by Paul Davidson

December 18 | National Real Estate Investor Magazine | Chicago’s Block 37 Receivership Sits in Limbo | by David Bodamer

December 17 | Reuters | Commercial Real Estate Outlook for 2010: Interview with Sam Chandan | Video

December 17 | Hartford Business Journal | Moody’s: Life Insurers Cushioned on Real Estate

December 16 | Bloomberg | Morgan Stanley to Transfer Five San Francisco Buildings | by Dan Levy

December 16 | Reuters | Life Insurers Cushioned on Commercial Real Estate | by Lilla Zuill

December 16 | Bloomberg | Insurers May Lose $10 Billion on Commercial Property | by Andrew Frye

December 16 | Florida Real Estate Journal | Staying Tight for CRE Lending | by Robert Pitts

December 15 | Retail Traffic Magazine | CMBS Activity Picks Up, But Caution Remains | by Elaine Misonzhnik

December 10 | BusinessWeek | A Long Shadow Over Small Banks | by Elizabeth Hester and Linda Shen

December 10 | Bloomberg | Bearish S&P 500 Options Increase in Bet on 2010 Slide | by Jeff Kearns

December 7 | BusinessWeek & Bloomberg | No Escape From TARP for US Banks Choking on Real Estate Loans | by Elizabeth Hester and Linda Shen

December 7 | Fox Business Network | Give TARP Dollars Back to Taxpayers | by Elizabeth MacDonald

December 6 | Tribune (Ireland) | US Trophies Come to Haunt Dubai World

December 2 | Bloomberg | Bank of America, Wells Fargo Say US Home Prices Won’t Suffer New Plunge | by David Mildenberg

December 2 | Daily Finance | Commercial Real Estate Loans Gone Bad Imperil Banks | by Tim Catts

December 2 | GlobeSt | Loan Defaults Could Top 5% in 2010 | by Cody Lyon

December 2 | REIT.com | CRE Mortgage Defaults Tick Up, Setting 16-Year High | by Allen Kenney

December 2 | Bloomberg | Fed Says US Economic Conditions Improved Modestly | by Scott Lanman

December 2 | National Real Estate Investor Magazine | Dubai Scrounges for Cash as New Deadline Looms | by Denise Kalette

December 1 | Financial Times | US Commercial Mortgage Default Rate at 3.4% | by Alan Rappeport

December 1 | Reuters | US Commercial Property Loan Defaults Soar | by Ilaina Jonas

December 1 | CNBC | Commercial Mortgage Default Rates Rise | Realty Check by Diana Olick

December 1 | Bloomberg | Commercial Mortgage Defaults at U.S. Banks Reach 3.4% | by Hui-yong Yu

December 1 | National Real Estate Investor Magazine | Bank Default Rates on CRE Loans Projected to Hit 4% in Fourth Quarter | by Sibley Fleming




November 2009

November 30 | Orange County Business Journal | Home Auctioneer REDC to Sell Commercial | by Mark Mueller

November 27 | Reuters | Dubai Debt Woes May Hit US Property Market | by Elinor Comlay and Jonathan Stempel

November 24 | Marketplace on American Public Radio | Pop-Up Stores Get Deals on Retail Space | Interview with Ashley Milne-Tyte

November 24 | GlobeSt | Freddie Mac on the Hook for $500 Million | by Erika Morphy

November 23 | Mortgage Bankers Newswire | CMBS Future Uncertain Despite First Issuance | by Michael Murray

November 23 | The Observer | Office Market Martin Luthers | by Dana Rubinstein

November 20 | Mortgage Bankers Newswire | CRE Values Decline More Slowly, Not Surely | by Michael Murray

November 19 | Private Equity Real Estate (PERE) News | TALF Not ‘Meaningful’ to Commercial Real Estate Liquidity | by Zoe Hughes

November 18 | GlobeSt | New CMBS Gets First Takers Under TALF | by Paul Bubny

November 18 | Wall Street Journal | Fannie, Freddie Woes Hurt Apartments | by Nick Timiraos

November 17 | GlobeSt | Mid-Sized Banks Bear Brunt of Loan Risk | by Paul Bubny

November 11 | GlobeSt | Wall Street Restructures; Will Commercial Market? | by Cody Lyon

November 9 | National Real Estate Investor Magazine | Real Estate Economists Parse October Jobs Report | by Matt Valley

November 5 | Bloomberg | U.S. Commercial Property Loans Fall 54%, Bankers Say | by Brian Louis

November 3 | Mortgage Bankers NewsWire | CMBS Delinquencies Up to 4.8 Percent | by Michael Murray




October 2009

October 28 | Washington Times | Capmark Damaged by Office Property

October 27 | CNBC | Mortgage Bankers Can't Afford Their Own Home | by Diana Olick

October 27 | Bloomberg | Capmark Increased Office, Hotel Loans as Zell Saw Top | by John Gittelsohn

October 27 | Motley Fool | Capmark and CIT ... Harbingers of Persistent Systemic Risk?

October 26 | CNBC | Capmark Bankruptcy | Interview with Diana Olick

October 26 | Bloomberg | Capmark Files for Bankruptcy with $21 Billion in Debt | by Dawn McCarty

October 23 | GlobeSt | Stuyvesant Town Ruling Could Have Ripple Effect | by Paul Bubny

October 23 | Post-Bulletin | Twin Cities Development Company is Closing Some Shops | by Jeff Kiger

October 22 | Financial Times | New York Court Rules Tishman Wrongfully Raised Rents | by Alan Rappeport

October 21 | Bloomberg | Morgan Stanley Takes $251 Million Charge for Crescent | by Brian Louis

October 20 | Mortgage Bankers NewsLink | CRE Property Prices Fall Nearly 41 Percent from Peak | by Michael Murray

October 18 | Crain's New York | Banks' Credit Shock: Part II | by Aaron Elstein

October 15 | Financial Times | US Home Foreclosure Activity Surges 23% in Third Quarter | by Alan Rappeport

October 15 | Northwest Herald | Foreclosures Expected to Rise in Commercial Properties | by Brett Rowland

October 14 | Bloomberg | Morgan Stanley Said to Be in Talks on Crescent Loan | by Hui-yong Yu

October 13 | National Public Radio | Some Tenants Pay The Price For Mortgage Excesses | by Jim Zarroli

October 7 | The Street | Unspoken Risk of a Second Mortgage Meltdown | by Glenn Hall

October 6 | Mortgage Bankers NewsWire | Manhattan Apartments Stabilize in September | by Michael Murray




September 2009

September 25 | Fox Business Network | Policy Options for Second Mortgage-Related Foreclosures | Intervew with Alexis Glick | Video

September 24 | Christian Science Monitor | Existing Home Sales Fall Unexpectedly | by David Grant

September 22 | Retail Traffic Magazine | New IRS Regulations Might Contain CMBS Defaults, But Won't End the Commercial Real Estate Crisis | by Elaine Misonzhnik

September 22 | The Commercial Observer | A Mortgage on the Tower of Babel | by Dr. Sam Chandan

September 18 | Structured Finance News | Still No New CMBS in Latest TALF Round

September 18 | Housing Wire | CMBS Spreads Hold Steady on Investor Uncertainty | by Diana Golobay

September 17 | Commercial Property Executive | Feds to Put CRE Loans Under Microscope | by Dees Stribling

September 17 | Property Wire | Commercial Property Brokers Move Online to Sell Distressed Real Estate

September 16 | Reuters | Brokers Turn to Auctions to Sell Commercial Property | by Ilaina Jonas

September 16 | Housing Wire | New Tax Rule Lifts Modification Disincentive for CMBS | by Diana Golobay

September 16 | Multi Housing News Magazine | GAO Recommends that Congress Reevaluate Fannie and Freddie | by Keat Foong

September 15 | Bloomberg | Treasury Eases Tax Rules for Commercial Real Estate | by Ryan Donmoyer

September 15 | The Commercial Observer | Wither Fannie Mae? | by Dr. Sam Chandan

September 14 | Florida Real Estate Journal | As the Economy Recovers, Banks Should Exercise Faith | by Andre van Rensburg

September 13 | Seeking Alpha | Commercial Property Woes Reveal Bank Insolvency | by Anthony Alfidi

September 11 | Bloomberg | Commercial Property Deal Drought to Make 2009 Worst in 18 Years | by David Levitt

September 10 | GlobeSt | Default Exposure Threatens Small Banks | by Cody Lyon

September 10 | Default Servicing News | Rising Commercial Delinquencies Indicate Higher Default Rates Ahead | by Darrell Delamaide

September 9 | Bloomberg Television | Foreign Investment in US Commercial Real Estate | Bloomberg Expert Panel | Video

September 9 | Bloomberg | Defaults on Banks' Commercial Mortgages Seen Rising Above 5% | by Hui-yong Yu

September 9 | Reuters | Commercial Property Defaults May Set Record | by Ilaina Jonas

September 9 | Bloomberg Television | Commercial Mortgage Defaults Continue to Rise | Monica Bertran

September 9 | Structured Finance News | Default Rate for Commercial Mortgages Climbing

September 9 | Retail Traffic Magazine | Commercial Mortgage Defaults Continue to Rise

September 9 | Housing Wire | Commercial Mortgage Defaults May Reach 4.2% in 2009 | by Diana Golobay

September 9 | Mortgage Orb | Commecial Defaults Projected to Rise to 4.2% by Year-End

September 8 | Multi Housing News | Defaults on Multifamily Loans Held by Banks Are Rising | by Keat Foong

September 8 | PropertyWire | Commercial Property Defaults Predicted to have Major Impact on US Banks and Lenders

September 8 | GlobeSt | Moody’s Downgrades Capmark Rating | by Paul Bubny

September 8 | California Real Estate Journal | Commercial Real Estate Threatens Financial System | by Mandy Jackson

September 8 | National Real Estate Investor Magazine | High-Profile Loan Defaults Put Institutional Investors Under Microscope | by Ben Johnson

September 4 | Bloomberg | Capmark May Signal More Bank Failures From Commercial Property | by Linda Shen

September 3 | Bloomberg | Berkshire Enters Deal With Capmark as Lender Weighs Bankruptcy | by Andrew Frye and Pierre Paulden

September 2 | New York Times | For Commercial Real Estate, Hard Times Have Just Begun | by Terry Pristin

September 2 | Bloomberg | Capmark May File for Bankruptcy After Quarterly Loss | by Linda Shen

September 2 | New York Observer | Commercial Mortgage Defaults Have Another Year Before Bottoming Out, Report Says | by Dana Rubinstein

September 2 | Commercial Property Executive | Chandan: Default Rates Likely to Remain on Upslope | by Barbra Murray

September 1 | Fox Business Network | Tale of Two Economies | Interview with Alexis Glick | Video

September 1 | The Real Deal | Market Poised to Parachute Down, Not Free Fall | by Melissa Dehncke McGill

September 1 | Housing Wire | CMBS Delinquencies Fall $3 Billion from 12-Month High | by Diana Golobay

September 1 | Commercial Property Executive | Commercial Real Estate Default Rate More Than Doubles Since Last Year | by Dees Stribling

September 1 | The Deal | Sam Zell Gets Back to Work Gravedancing | by George White




August 2009

August 31 | Bloomberg | Commercial Mortgage Defaults Jump for U.S. Banks | by Hui-yong Yu

August 31 | Reuters | Property Bank-Loan Defaults at Six Year High | by Ilaina Jonas

August 31 | Markets Media News | Fed Easing Stokes Inflation Concerns | by Steven Marlin

August 31 | REIT.com | Forecast Shows Default Rate Gaining Momentum | by Allen Kenney

August 28 | Minneapolis Business Journal | Firms Get Set for Spike in Receiverships | by John Vornhof Jr

August 25 | New York Observer | The 10 Most Expensive Buildings, Revisited | by Dana Rubinstein

August 22 | Star-Ledger | Low Appraisals Take Hit for Hurting Home Sales | by Lisa Fleisher

August 21 | GlobeSt | New York Fed Lends $2.3 Billion for Legacy TALF | by Paul Bubny

August 21 | REIT.com | Lenders Still Tightening CRE Credit Standards | by Allen Kenney

August 21 | Credit Union Times | More Proof Commercial Mortgage Defaults Continue to Rise | by Michelle Samaad

August 20 | Bloomberg Televison | Pressure on Commercial Real Estate | Bloomerg Expert Panel

August 18 | USA Today | Commercial Real Estate Gets Worse | by Paul Davidson

August 18 | UPI | Commercial Real Estate Bubble Looms

August 17 | The Deal | Commercial Real Estate Woes Garner TALF Extension | by George White

August 17 | California Real Estate Journal | CMBS Recovery Still in Early Stages | by Mandy Jackson

August 14 | Multi Housing News | Fed Takes Step Back From Monetizing Debt, Signals a Sustained Recovery is on Horizon | by Anuradha Kher

August 14 | OpRisk & Compliance | US Regulators Told to Expand Stress Test Programme | by Alice Fletcher

August 14 | GlobeSt | Ascending from the Undergloom: August Economic Update | by Dr. Sam Chandan

August 12 | National Real Estate Investor | Recession Is Easing, But Not Commercial Real Estate's Woes | by Sibley Fleming

August 10 | CNBC | Pulse of Apartment REITs

August 10 | The Deal | The Fed Keeps an Eye on Commercial Real Estate | by George White

August 6 | Fox Business Network | Restructuring Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac | Interview with Alexis Glick

August 5 | National Real Estate Investor Magazine | Faltering Property Values Hamper Commercial Mortgage Refinancing Efforts | by Sibley Fleming

August 5 | Investor's Business Daily | Bullish Trade Sets Up in Real Estate | by Trang Ho




July 2009

July 31 | Fox Business Network | Discussion of 2Q 2009 GDP Report with Dr. Sam Chandan and Alexis Glick

July 30 | GlobeSt | What Size Shoe is Dropping? Industry Woes Could Drag Down Economy Further | by Cody Lyon

July 27 | The Deal | CMBS Delinquencies Skyrocket | by George White

July 24 | Multi Housing News Magazine | Fannie Mae Announces 71% of Total Production is Now Securitized | by Keat Foong

July 19 | Sunday Tribune (Ireland) | Take Manhattan for a Song as Retailers Retreat

July 17 | The Atlantic Monthly | The Decline of Gotham | by Daniel Indiviglio

July 17 | Bloomberg | Manhattan Storefronts Hit Highest Retail Vacancy Rate Since 2001 | by Oshrat Carmiel

July 17 | REIT.com | Legacy TALF Program Recevies Nearly $670 Million in Applications | by Allen Kenney

July 14 | Retail Traffic Magazine | Wary of Realizing Losses, Lenders "Pretend and Extend" | by Elaine Misonzhnik

July 14 | GlobeSt | A Cautious Thumbs-Up for TALF | by Cody Lyon

July 10 | Bloomberg Television | Commercial Real Estate Crunch | Interview with Gigi Stone

July 10 | The Real Deal | Interest in TALF Cool for Now | by C.J. Hughes

July 6 | Idaho Business Review | Bad Signs for Commercial Real Estate | by Dani Grigg

July 5 | Florida Today | Business Mortgage Woe | by John McCarthy

July 2 | Investors Business Daily | Banks Worry About Commercial Property Dominoes Tumbling | by Joe Gose

July/August | Apartment Finance Today | The Gathering Storm | by Jerry Ascierto

July | Mortgage Banking Magazine | Multifamily Faces Default Wave Warning




June 2009

June 26 | Sacramento Business Journal | Rise in Commercial Defaults Projected | by Michael Shaw

June 25 | Daily Finance | Red Roof and the Coming Commercial Real Estate Meltdown | by Jonathan Berr

June 24 | Bloomberg | Tishman Speyer May Lose California Land After Default | by Hui-yong Yu

June 21 | Jerusalem Post | No Takers for TALF Money | by Michael Stoler

June 18 | San Francisco Chronicle | Builders Conference has a Gloomy Mood | by Carolyn Said

June 17 | Reuters | Apartments Lead the US Property Default Parade | by Ilaina Jonas

June 17 | CoStar Headlines | Bank, CMBS Defaults Continue Record Setting Increases | by Mark Heschmeyer

June 16 | New York Observer | No Takers from New York Fed as First Deadline Passes | by Dana Rubenstein

June 15 | Daily Business Review | Housing Crisis: Experts Fear Third Wave of Foreclosures | by Paola Iuspa-Abbott

June 13 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | More State Businesses Delinquent on Loans | by Paul Gores

June 11 | BusinessWeek | The Next Default Wave

June 10 | Bloomberg | Treasury Weighing Tax Rules to Help Commercial Mortgage Bonds | by Ryan Donmoyer

June 10 | Bloomberg | MetLife Says Commercial Mortgage Defaults Will Rise | by Andrew Frye, Carol Massar, and Hugh Son

June 10 | National Real Estate Investor Magazine | TALF Program Hits Headwinds | by Sibley Fleming

June 10 | GlobeSt | NYBC: Construction was Strong in 2008 | by Cody Lyon

June 10 | Commercial Property News | CRE Defaults Head for High Ground | by Dees Stribling

June 10 | The Deal | Commercial Real Estate Braces for Storm | by George White

June 9 | Financial Times | Mortgage Defaults in US Set to Rise | by Alan Rappeport and Saskia Scholte

June 9 | Bloomberg | Commercial Mortgage Defaults May Rise to 17-Year High | by Hui-yong Yu

June 9 | Reuters | US Commercial Property Bank Loan Defaults Soar | by Ilaina Jonas

June 9 | New York Times | Do Post-Bailout Banks Need New Rules? | by Charles Morris

June 9 | REIT.com | Commercial Real Estate Mortgage Default Rate to Double by 2010 | by Allen Kenney

June 9 | BusinessWeek | Bank Stress Tests and the Congressional Oversight Panel | by Mara Der Hovanesian

June 9 | Retail Traffic Magazine | Commercial Mortgage Defaults Hit 17-Year High

June 2 | Mortgage Bankers Newslink | 10-Year Yields Hold Back Refinancing | by Michael Murray

June 1 | Real Deal Magazine | Economists Differ on Models for Recovery | by Alison Gregor




May 2009

May 29 | Marketplace on American Public Radio | Starbucks Brews Up Rent Reduction | Interview with Amy Scott

May 28 | The Real Deal | Residential Trends Vary by Neighborhood | by Sara Polsky

May 28 | Real Estate BisNow | Stoler's Summit | by Amanda Marsh

May 26 | Mortgage Bankers Association NewsLink | Commercial Real Estate Crisis Holds Political Solutions, Economist Says | by Michael Murray

May 25 | Financial Times | Auto Dealer Closings Dent Property Market | by Alan Rappeport


May 20 | National Real Estate Investor Magazine | Fed Extends TALF to Include Legacy CMBS | by Sibley Fleming

May 15 | GlobeSt | Construction Jobs Down 20,000 Since August | by Cody Lyon

May 13 | National Real Estate Investor Magazine | TALF Program No Panacea for Commercial Real Estate | by Sibley Fleming

May 11 | Financial Times | Virtual Offices Prove Just the Job | by Alan Rappeport

May 11 | Mortgage Bankers NewsLink | Two-Thirds of CMBS Maturities at Risk into 2018 | by Michael Murray

May 10 | Stoler Real Estate Report on 1010 WINS Radio | Bank Lending Standards | by Michael Stoler

May 8 | Huffington Post | The Stress Tests and Commercial Real Estate | by Sam Chandan

May 7 | Retail Traffic Magazine | Coming to the Rescue: Will the Bailout Help Retail Real Estate

May 6 | CNBC | Too Big to Fail? Bank Commercial Real Estate Losses | Interview with Diana Olick

May 6 | National Real Estate Investor Magazine | Scores of Smaller Banks Projected to Collapse | by Denise Kalette

May 6 | GlobeSt | Trouble with TALF? | by Cody Lyon

May 5 | Commercial Real Estate Direct | Bank Lenders Continue to Tighten Credit Standards; See Continued Weakness | by Orest Mandzy

May 4 | National Real Estate Investor Magazine | Will TALF Expansion Jumpstart CMBS Lending? | by Sibley Fleming

May 1 | REIT.com | Federal Reserve Board Extends TALF to Commercial Real Estate | by Allen Kenney




April 2009

April 27 | GlobeSt | New Realities, New Opportunities | by Paul Bubny

April 26 | San Francisco Chronicle | Credit Crunch Hits the Malls | by Terry Pristin

April 22 | New York Times Dealbook | Comment on Terry Pristin’s Shakeout Nears for Real Estate Firms | Edited by Andrew Ross Sorkin

April 21 | New York Times | Shakeout Nears for Real Estate Firms | by Terry Pristin

April 20 | Retail Traffic Magazine | General Growth Market Exposures: Chart of the Week

April 17 | Financial Times | Property Price Falls Sink General Growth | by Alan Rappeport and Nicole Bullock

April 16 | Reuters | General Growth Filing Ups Stakes in Commercial Mortgages | by Al Yoon

April 16 | Bloomberg | General Growth Files Biggest US Property Bankruptcy | by Daniel Taub and Brian Louis

April 16 | Reuters | General Growth files for Bankruptcy Protection | by Ilaina Jonas

April 16 | GlobeSt | General Growth Begins Court Restructuring | by Katie Hinderer

April 16 | Retail Traffic Magazine | Observers Think General Growth Properties is Likely to Survive Bankruptcy | by Elaine Misonzhnik

April 16 | Multi Housing News | Foong on Finance | Prognosis for TALF: Not Good? | by Keat Foong

April 15 | Bloomberg | Zell Says Commercial Real Estate Values Down 30 Percent

April 14 | New York Observer | Midtown, for the Count? | by Dana Rubinstein

April 8 | GlobeSt | Economists: Construction Joblessness at 21% | by Cody Lyon

April 8 | Multi Family Executive | TALF Loan Request Total $1.7 Billion in April

April 8 | Commercial Property News | Mezzanine Debt Defaults, Property Auctions, and Transaction Activity in International Markets | Sam Chandan on behalf of RICS Americas

April 6 | GlobeSt | Making Lemonade from Lemons | by Michelle Napoli

April 2 | Multi Housing News Magazine | Will the Government-Sponsored Enterprises Curtail Financing | by Keat Foong

April | National Real Estate Investor Magazine | Catch a Falling BRIC | by Ben Voyles




March 2009

CNBC | March 31 | Diana Olick | Boston's Hancock Building in Auction Sale

National Real Estate Investor Magazine | March 25 | Sibley Fleming | Housing Market Bottom Will Signal Recovery

Fox Business Network | March 24 | Commentary on Residential Mortgage Rates, Credit Standards, and Refinancing Volumes

Real Estate Law and Industry | March 24 | Journal Article by Dr. Sam Chandan: The Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility and the Commercial Mortgage Outlook

Business Week | March 24 | Prashant Gopal | Steep Reduction in Wall Street Bonuses Could Force Manhattan Home Prices Down

Denise Kalette | March 20 | National Real Estate Investor Magazine | After Reversals, BRICs May Offer Investment Opportunities

Atlanta Journal-Constitution | March 20 | Kevin Duffy | Real Estate Investors Predict More Economic Woes

Bloomberg | March 19 | Oshrat Carmiel | Lost Bonuses Mean Manhattan Home Prices to Drop Most Since 1980

Bloomberg Television | March 19 | Apartment Prices Dropping on Lost Bonuses

La Nacion (Argentina) | March 10 | Angela Ciocca | Más oferta de oficinas y caída de los precios

Arkansas Business | March 9 | Commercial Real Estate Loan Defaults Rise To 1.6%

New York Observer | March 3 | Dana Rubinstein | Commercial Real Estate's New Stars: In Uncertain Times, Accurate Stats Become a Most Valuable Currency

Daily News | March 2 | Catey Hill | Manhattan Apartment Buyers Ditch Six-Figure Deposits

New York Times | March 1 | Vivian Toy | Apartment Buyers Leave the Money and Run



February 2009

GlobeSt | February 27 | Cody Lyon | Loan Defaults Increase to 1.6%

Commercial Real Estate Direct | February 27 | Orest Mandzy | FDIC-Insured Lenders Increased Commercial Mortgage Holdings in 4Q
New York Times | February 26 | Vivian Toy | Apartment Buyers Abandoning Six-Figure Deposits

National Real Estate Investor Magazine | February 25 | Elaine Misonzhnik | Opportunity Funds Won’t Strike Until Second Half 2009

Fox Business Network | February 23 | Commentary on Federal Budget Deficit Outlook; Bank Nationalization

New York Times | February 17 | Terry Pristin | After Manhattan's Office Boom, a Hard Fall

Fox Business Network | February 17 | Commentary on the Housing Affordability and Stability Plan

International Herald Tribune | February 17 | Terry Pristin | After Manhattan's Office Boom, a Hard Fall

National Real Estate Investor Magazine | February 13 | Elaine Misonzhnik | Retail Sales Rise, But Outlook Remains Painful for Retail Landlords

Fox Business Network LIVE | February 12 | A Depression in 2009?

National Real Estate Investor Magazine | February 11 | Matt Valley and Sibley Fleming | TALF Expansion Bodes Well for CMBS Market

Commercial Real Estate Direct | February 10 | Orest Mandzy | Treasury Expands Loan Facility to Include CMBS

Retail Traffic Magazine | February 9 | Real Estate Economics Default Rate Projections

Matrix | February 6 | Jonathan Miller | Real Estate Economics Charts the Future

Ne Nyheter (Norway) | February 5 | Jan Revfem | Spår dobling av mislighold (Projections Show a Doubling of Defaults)

CNBC | February 4 | The Real Estate Task Force | Commercial Real Estate Market Continues to Slump

CNBC | February 4 | Realty Check: Commercial Property

Australian Financial Review | February 4 | Call For Action on Commercial Loans

GlobeSt | February 3 | Cody Lyon | Chandan: Loan Defaults Will Double in 2009

Commercial Real Estate Direct | February 3 | Orest Mandzy | Defaults on Commercial Mortgages Seen Rising

Bloomberg | February 2 | Hui-yong Yu | US Must Act to Boost Property Lending, Chandan Says

Fox Business Network | February 2 | Commentary on December Personal Income and Outlays Release (Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis)

Real Deal Magazine | February 1 | Michael Stoler | TARP Fails to Jump-Start Commercial Lending



January 2009

Fox Business Network | January 31 | Commentary on Real Estate Market Conditions

Real Estate BisNow | January 30 | Builders, Appraisers, and Forecasters

Fox Business Network | January 26 | Real Estate Credit Market Conditions

Real Estate Weekly | January 21 | A Painful Year for Commercial Real Estate | by John Whinston

GlobeSt | January 16 | Cody Lyon | Grim News from Zandi and Chandan at ULI

Bloomberg | January 15 | David Levitt | Commercial Landlords Struggle to Refinance Loans

New York Observer | January 13 | Dana Rubenstein | Commercial Loans are the New Subprime Mortgages

New York Observer | January 6 | Dana Rubenstein | Sublease Bonanza

Real Estate BisNow | January 6 | Amanda Marsh | Chandan Offers Economic Outlook at National Realty Club

Real Estate Weekly | January 5 | Daniel Geiger | Real Estate Has Tough 2009 According to Economist Sam Chandan

MyDealBook | January 5 | Chandan Warns on Economic Outlook at National Realty Club

Apartment Finance Today | January-February 2009 | Jerry Ascierto | Uncertainty of Execution

Apartment Finance Today | January-February 2009 | Brad Berton | Equity Investors Target 50 Percent Higher IRRs



December 2008

National Public Radio, WNYC | December 23 | Brian Lehrer | Impact of the Fiscal Crisis on New York City

Fox Business Network | December 16 | Commentary on November Housing Starts Release by Commerce Department

Multi Housing News: Foong on Finance | December 10 | Keat Foong | Real Estate Bubbles

Multi Housing News | December 1 | Keat Foong | Experts Discuss Whether Sky is Falling for Commercial Real Estate

National Real Estate Investor Magazine | December | Poonka Thangavelu | Advantage Renters

National Real Estate Investor Magazine | December | Stan Luxenberg | Shifting Into Reverse: With Financial Markets Frozen, Sales Activity Has Slumped

National Real Estate Investor Magazine | December | Matt Hudgins | Pain Management: Predictions for Mid-Year 2009 from Notable Economists



November 2008

Wall Street Journal | November 29 | Kris Hudson | General Growth Debt Payment Deadline Passes

Bloomberg | November 26 | Hui-yong Yu | Property Sales Suffer

National Real Estate Investor | November 25 | Matt Hudgins | Wants vs. Needs Shape Retail Outlook

Commercial Property News | November 25 | Coreen Bailor | Retail Retracts

CNBC | November 20 | The Next Troubled Derivative | The Latest Liquidation

CNBC : Realty Check | November 20 | Fear Gripping Commercial Real Estate

Fox Business Network | November 18 | Analysis of October Producer Price Indexes Release

Commercial Property News | November 17 | Coreen Bailor | Chandan: Economy to Contract Through 2009

Knoxville News Sentinel | November 17 | Josh Flory | No Free Rent is Good Economic News for Local Office Market

California Real Estate Journal | November 17 | Mandy Jackson | Economist Expects Credit to Remain Tight Into 2010

Bloomberg News | November 13 | Shani Raja and Jason Scott | Lend Lease Falls After Scrapping King of Prussia Mall Sale Plan

Bloomberg News | November 12 | Hui-yong Yu | Commercial Vacancies Seen Rising Through 2010

MarketWatch | November 11 | Press Release: Post Election Economic Outlook for Regional Banks, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

San Francisco Examiner | November 8 | Rents Continue to Climb | John Upton

The Day (New London) | November 4 | Crystal Mall Vacancies Rise to Fifteen

National Real Estate Investor Magazine | November 1 | Matt Hudgins | The Upshot of Falling Prices

Financial Planning Magazine | November 1 | Donald Jay Korn | The Storm Inside



October 2008

San Diego Metropolitan | October 30 | Consensus on the Economy: The Worst is Ahead

MarketWatch | October 29 | Press Release: Finance, Real Estate Leaders Anticipate Continued Market Slowdown

Globe St | October 29 | Crystal Proenza | Looking Into a Tremendous Abyss

Providence Journal | October 26 | Paul Grimaldi | It's Been a Long Slog this Year for Some Retailers

Affordable Housing Finance | October 21 | Margot Crabtree | World Financial Markets Flounder in New Financial Terrain

Wall Street Journal | October 16 | Kris Hudson | Mall Shares Slide on Retail Fears

Fox Business Network | October 15 | Commentary on Producer Price Index and Retail Sales

National Real Estate Investor Magazine | October 13 | Ben Johnson | Market Watcher Says Credit Will Remain Tight for Next 12 Months

National Public Radio, WNYC | October 10 | Brian Lehrer | Impact of the Fiscal Crisis on New York City

Fox Business Network | October 9 | Commercial Real Estate Market Conditions

New York Times: The Lede | October 8 | Jack Healy | Office Space to Let, and Lots of it

Fox Business Network | October 7 | Commentary on Global Financial Market Conditions

Reuters | October 6 | Ilaina Jonas | US Malls Suffer in Third Quarter as Economy Worsens

Bloomberg News | October 6 | Peter Green | US Apartment Vacancies Rise on Concern Over Wages

Reuters | October 6 | Ilaina Jonas | US Apartment Market Vacancy Rises

Wall Street Journal | October 6 | Kris Hudson | Mall Vacancies Grow as Retailers Pack Up Shop

Reuters | October 3 | Ilaina Jonas | Office Vacancy Rate Reaches Two-Year High

Wall Street Journal | October 3 | Alex Frangos | WSJ Exclusive: Office Space is Emptying Out



September 2008

New York Sun | September 25 | Michael Stoler | Wall Street Woes Give Rise to Talk of 'Black September'

Fox Business News | September 23 | Commentary and Analysis of Treasury Department's Comprehensive Approach to Market Developments

Multi Housing News Television | September 18 | Rental Housing and the Credit Crisis

CNBC | September 18 | Finding Safe Havens for Investors; Assessment of REIT Performance

Multi Housing News Television | September 18 | Interview with Keat Foong on Economic and Apartment Market Conditions

Multi Housing News | September 18 | Anuradha Kher | In Time of Economic Turmoil, Panel at Multi Housing World Finds Some Silver Linings in Multifamily Sector

Fox Business News | September 16 | Commentary on Insurance Market and Current Financial Distress

Wall Street Journal | September 11 | Randall Smith | Lehman's Revamp Plan Draws Doubters

CNBC | September 10 | Commercial Headwinds

CNBC : Realty Check | September 10 | Diana Olick | Lehman's Commercial Real Estate Spinoff: Part of a Fear Frenzy?

New York Times | September 10 | Terry Pristin | A Squeeze on Retailers Leaves Holes at Malls

The Stoler Report | September 9 | The Current State of the Real Estate Marketplace | QuickTime Podcast | iTunes

National Real Estate Investor Magazine | September 3 | Poonkulali Thangavelu | Window of Opportunity to Keep Delinquencies Low

National Real Estate Investor Magazine | September 1 | H. Lee Murphy | Can Sam Zell Maintain the Midas Touch?

National Real Estate Investor Magazine | September 1 | Matt Valley | Has the US Labor Market Reached a Tipping Point?



August 2008

Financial Times | August 26 | Daniel Pimlott | Property Investors Nervous as American Shoppers Turn Away

Fox Business Network : Business Morning | August 25 | Commentary on Presidential Candidates' Economic and Tax Plan

BusinessWeek | August 21 | Prashant Gopal l Vacation Homes Without All the Expense

Fox Business Network : Money for Breakfast | August 19 | Real Time Commentary on Producer Price Index, Housing Starts Releases

Fox Business News : Business Morning | August 14 | Commentary on Presidential Candidates' Tax Proposals; Retail Sector Performance; Economic Outlook

National Real Estate Investor Magazine | August 14 | Matt Hudgins | Industrial Market is Soft But Not Sour

CNBC : Closing Bell | August 11 | Commentary on the Federal Reserve Senior Loan Officer Survey

Rocky Mountain News | August 5 | Joyzelle Davis | Store Closings Likely to Spike

Retail Traffic Magazine | August 1 | Elaine Misonzhnik | Retail Locations Shut Down



July 2008

Fox Business News | July 24 | Commentary on Housing Legislation

CNBC : Closing Bell | July 18 | State of Commercial Real Estate

CNBC : Power Lunch | July 18 | Sweet Spot in Commercial Real Estate

Associated Press | July 16 | Alex Veiga | Many Likely to Remain Priced Out of Housing Market

New York Times | July 16 | Terry Pristin | As the Economy Heads South, [New York] Office Rents Go North

Footwear News | July 15 | Matthew Lynch | Retail Vacancy Rates See Significant Increases

Real Estate Finance and Investment | July 11 | Office Vacancies Up, Rents Down

Fox Business News | July 10 | Analysis of Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee Rate Announcement; Analysis of Weekly Jobless Claims Announcement

Wall Street Journal | July 10 | Jennifer Forsyth | How 1 Property Sank the Savings of 35 Investors

China Daily | July 8 | Will Subprime Take Shine Off Las Vegas?

Fox Business News | July 8 | Analysis of Fed Chairman Bernanke's Comments at FDIC Conference on Expanding Responsible Mortgage Credit Availability to Lower-Income Households

National Real Estate Investor Magazine | July 8 | Matt Hudgins | Latest Jobs Report Suggests Demand to Weaken for Commercial Space

Boston Globe | July 8 | Bloomberg News Service | Small Mall Vacancies Hit 13-Year High

NPR & PRI : Marketplace | July 7 | Interview with Jeremy Hobson | More Malls are Shopping for Tenants

Bloomberg Television : Evening Edition | July 7 | Interview with Margaret Popper: Second Quarter Retail Vacancy Rate Increase; Consumer Spending

Wall Street Journal | July 7 | Kris Hudson and Nick Timiraos | Vacancies Rise at Retail Centers

Reuters | July 7 | Ilaina Jonas | US Retail Properties Have Worst Second Quarter in 30 Years

Bloomberg | July 7 | Daniel Taub | US Mall Vacancies Rise to 13-Year High

Reuters | July 7 | Ilaina Jonas | Las Vegas Property Market Hits a Losing Streak

Wall Street Journal | July 5 | Nick Timiraos | Rents Climb Despite 'Shadow Market'

Bloomberg | July 5 | Dan Levy | US Apartment Vacancy Unchanged at 5.9%, Rents Increase

Reuters | July 5 | Ilaina Jonas | US Apartment Markets Stable in Second Quarter

Honolulu Star Bulletin | July 4 | Pace Slows for US Office Rents

Shanghai Daily | July 4 | Dan Levy | Job Cuts, Economy Take Toll on US Office Rents

SmartMoney Magazine | July 3 | Diana Ransom | Cost Cutters: Ditch the Pricey Office

Bloomberg | July 3 | Dan Levy | Office Rents in US Rise at Slowest Pace Since 2005

Reuters | July 3 | Ilaina Jonas | Office Market Sees Rent Growth Evaporating

Wall Street Journal | July 3 | Alex Frangos | Businesses Take Less Office Space Nationwide

Retail Traffic | July 2 | Elaine Misonzhnik | Six Months into 2008, the CMBS Market Has Failed to Recover

National Real Estate Investor | July 1 | Matt Hudgins | Inflation Unleashed




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